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Braver, newer literary worlds — from futurebook.mit.edu by Debra Di Blasi
Description of videos:
The following video (in two parts) was part of my presentation to the Louisville Conference of Literature, February 2012. I am presenting a more extensive multimedia paper at the International Book Conference in Barcelona, June 29-July 2, 2012.
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Double vision: TV gets interactive — from thetowntalk.com by Fraizer Moore
Piers Fawkes: The future of TV — from psfk.com by Piers Fawkes
A solid Q&A with such questions as:
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Pantone unveils 336 new colors — from PSFK.com by Kyana Gordon
Education system stifles creativity, survey finds — from The Journal by David Nagel
Is the American education system stifling creativity? That’s the attitude held by a majority of Americans, according to a new worldwide survey focused on attitudes toward creativity in schools, the workplace, and the home.
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Three new ways to re-think digital literature — from criticalmargins.com
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
I am not the only writer out there thinking about the e-book’s new potential. Today, I’d like to highlight three examples of writers who take on this challenge. These three approaches are nothing alike, and none of them do what is typical of the e-book today, which is to take a standard, printed novel and put it on a screen (sort of boring). What all three of these approaches have going for them is that they take standard literary modes (the novel, the poem, the art book) and force them to interact with new digital modes (the Web page, the mix tape, the webcam). Both old and new are needed in order for the reader to gain a full experience. This is significant because with most commercially available digital reading, there is not much attempt to play with form.
Considerations for deploying the AppleTV in your school or enterprise — from williamstites.net by William Stites
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We are beginning to look at using the AppleTV in our school as part of our iPad deployment but much like the iPads themselves we are in the position of trying to figure out how to deploy and manage a consumer device in the enterprise (schools to all of you).
The reason for considering the use of the AppleTV in the classroom has everything to do (for us) with AirPlay. The ability to give any student the opportunity to share what they are doing on their device with the class and demonstrate their learning is amazing — – can you say bye-bye Smartboards!
But as I play with this idea and discuss it with my colleagues there are some management issues and questions that I have…
AirPlay Mirroring & Apple TV — from Steve Zalot
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Publication Date: December 16, 2011 | ISBN-10: 1442211415 | ISBN-13: 978-1442211414
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Educational reforms and standards have been a topic of public debate for decades, with the latest go-round being the State Common Core Curriculum Standards. But time and again those reforms have failed, and each set of standards, no matter how new and different, has had little impact on improving student achievement. Why? The textbooks. Textbooks sell based on design and superficial features, not because they are based on the latest research on how children learn and how well they promote student achievement. In Tyranny of the Textbook, Beverlee Jobrack, retired from educational publishing, sheds light on why this happens. She gives an engaging and fascinating look behind-the-scenes of how K-12 textbooks are developed, written, adopted, and sold. And, perhaps most importantly, she clearly spells out how the system can change so that reforms and standards have a shot at finally being effective.
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How iBooks Author Stacks Up to the Competition [CHART] — from Mashable.com by Chelsea Stark
Author, Author! Apple, Apple! — from The Journal by Therese Mageau
Apple’s new interactive textbook authoring system might just revolutionize the way districts develop their own curriculum.
iTunes U vs. Blackboard – A Look at Apple’s New Online System — from padgadget.com
Thanks to iPads and Kindles, E-Book Lending at Libraries Explodes — from ReadWriteWeb.com by John Paul Titlow
Why textbooks of the future are not books — from gigaom.com by Erica Ogg
Apple Jumps Into Textbooks — from the WSJ
With More iPads in Classrooms, Education Push Would Help Fend Off Android-Device Competition
Apple’s iTunes U Morphs Into a Tool for Full Online Classes — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
Reinventing Textbooks: A Hard Course — from the New York Times by David Streitfeld
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AcademicPub adds 22 new publishers to its content library — from edukwest.com by Kirsten Winkler
Excerpt:
AcademicPub is an online platform for college professors that enables them to create custom print or digital textbooks. This way professors can pick the content relevant to their course only which leads to much lower prices for the students when they purchase the books.
Launched in April 2011 by SharedBook Inc., AcademicPub started with less than 20 publishers but the platform quickly attracted new partners and now offers copyright-cleared material from over 100 publishers including…
